Toho today posted a 30-second teaser for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Naoshi Arakawa's Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso/Your Lie in April music-themed school manga, introducing 17-year-old Suzu Hirose as the main heroine Kaori Miyazono and 2...

After spending every day working with the ruffians of RocketNews24, our reporter Meg could use some gentlemanly company. If you're a regular reader of RocketNews24, you might be familiar with Meg, one of our Japanese-language correspondents.

By Jenni . March 10, 2016 . 1:30pm There's a lot to do in Fire Emblem Fates, but that means there are also a few extra features that don't always get a lot of attention when people are visiting people's castles, going through DLC maps, building up...

Japanese media streaming site Crunchyroll have announced that the second part of the Digimon Adventure tri. anime, Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 2: Ketsui, will be available from Friday, March 11 at 8:00am PST.

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X has celebrated Hatsune Miku Day by barraging viewers with another slew of classic Vocaloid pieces, simultaneously acquainting potential newcomers with the greatness that is Vocaloid music and perhaps earning a few fres...

Sometimes in Tokyo, events will be announced suddenly with little to no warning and this is one of those cases! Extreme entertainer/farmer/idol event promoter and proud Tochigi native Gyuzo will be taking over Shinjuku's Studio Alta for one day on...

Straightener have announced the release of their new album "COLD DISC" on May 18 as well as a nationwide tour called "Step Into My World TOUR" starting in June. Â It will be about a year and seven months since the band released their last album "B...

Arama! Japan recently conducted an email interview with noted songwriter / producer Steven Lee. He's an American that has worked with a plethora of acts in the Asian music scene, including including KAT-TUN, Hey!

Whether or not it turns out to be the game-changer we're hoping for, 2016 will be the year of virtual reality. Unfortunately, some people will be finding out the hard way how intense this new technology can be.

The game is directed by Taisuke Kanasaki (Another Code, Hotel Dusk: Room 215), as well as being worked on by other former Cing staff. In addition, you can check out the game's teaser site here. -CHASE- Unsolved Cases Division is being developed fo...

It's finally time to move on from small screen batches to a new promo for Digimon World: Next Order. Since the PS Vita game is coming to Japan on March 17, Bandai Namco has a trailer showing some gameplay and focusing on Agumon and Gabumon.

If you missed out on this year's MAGFest, the festival where you get to party with other people while partaking in events related to video games and video game music, the gang at Beat Down Boogie have covered their favorite highlights from the con.

Shortly before the announcement of her marriage, Abe Natsumi, the former idol of Hello! Project, announced her pregnancy. She is the only 1st generation member of Morning Musume to not have children yet (excepted Fukada Asuka who announced herself...

Nintendo announced that Miitomo, its upcoming smartphone app, will be released in Japan on March 17 Nintendo announced that Miitomo, its upcoming smartphone app, will be released in Japan on March 17 (the exact time is TBA).

Macross Delta, the latest series in the long-running Macross series and the first in eight years is set to debut this April 3 on Tokyo MX. Delta, which is set eight years after the events of Macross Frontier, follows a female idol group called Wal...

Akira. Dominion Tank Police. Fist of the North Star. These are the three titles that introduced me to anime. Sure, I'd watched shows like Voltron and Robotech, and understood to an extent that they were Japanese in origin, but these were the three...

Ace of the Diamond Second Season Episode 33 The anime series Ace of the Diamond has been going strong for a while now as it adapts the manga from Yuuji Terajima. While we got word previously that some new OAD bundles are coming with the Ace of the...

By Jenni . March 10, 2016 . 10:30am Capcom Unity has come bearing news concerning Street Fighter V's March update. There isn't a release date for it yet, but the company has gone over the first DLC character that will be added, Alex, the upcoming ...

Last November, the JR West Sanyou Shinkansen line launched the Shinkansen Evangelion Project, which features a special train called the 500-type EVA, which comes complete with a life-size cockpit from the 1995 classic anime.

Nippon Ichi Software released the first trailer for Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain, the new dungeon RPG due out for PS Vita in Japan on June 23. Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain is set in Refrain, a town where there is a cursed underground labyrinth...

Dengeki Bunko has made two very important announcements concerning two of their most popular ongoing "Siscon" light novel series, with Tsutomu Satou's Irregular at Magic High School and OreImo author, Tsukasa Fushimi's latest "Siscon" light novel ...

This is an RSS version of the original article. Please visit www. otakustudy. com for the full post. With the goal being to provide some insight into "the game's allure", Square Enix have released the second in a series of developer diaries create...

The anime adaptation of the manga series Hatsukoi Monster has been revealing itself since last summer with little bits of news here and there along the way. As we get closer to it being a part of the summer 2016 anime season, the official site has...

Until now there has been a relative lack of cat cafes (or their various spin-offs with dogs, owls, rabbits and more) in central areas. If you search, you can find some around Shibuya, Shinjuku and other major commercial centers, but often the larg...

The official web site for Orange, an upcoming TV anime adaptation based on the romance manga of the same name by Ichigo Takano, has published character profiles for the main cast featuring the designs created for the series by Nobuteri Yuki.

The upcoming anime series Haifuri is part of the spring 2016 anime season and things are moving right along in getting announcements out there. With the series now scheduled for an April 9th, 2016 debut, four more actors have boarded the project.

By Jenni . March 9, 2016 . 9:21pm Nintendo is giving people who don't own the Wolf Link amiibo a chance to get the Wolf Link Super Mario Maker costume. If people visit Course World, they'll find a new Event Course called Twilight Princess HD.